2001 Italian general election

2001 Italian general election

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All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
316 seats needed for a majority
315 seats in the Senate
163 seats needed for a majority[a]
Registered49,256,295 (C· 44,499,794 (S)
Turnout40,085,397 (C· 81.4% (Decrease1.5 pp)
36,189,394 (S· 81.3% (Decrease0.9 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Francesco Rutelli 2001 crop.jpg
Fausto Bertinotti 2001.jpg
Leader Silvio Berlusconi Francesco Rutelli Fausto Bertinotti
Party Forza Italia The Daisy PRC
Alliance House of Freedoms The Olive Tree
Leader since 18 January 1994 25 September 2000 22 January 1994
Leader's seat Milan (C) Rome (C) Piedmont (C)
Seats won 368 (C) / 176 (S) 241 (C) / 128 (S) 11 (C) / 4 (S)
Seat change Increase96 (C) / Increase33 (S) Decrease82 (C) / Decrease29 (S) Decrease24 (C) / Decrease6 (S)
Constituency vote 16,915,513 (C)
14,406,519 (S)
16,019,388 (C)
13,106,860 (S)
Did not run (C)
1,708,707 (S)
% and swing 45.6% (C) Decrease5.3pp
42.5% (S) Decrease5.3pp
43.2% (C) Increase1.2pp
38.7% (S) Decrease3.5pp
Did not run (C)
5.0% (S) Increase2.1pp
Party vote 18,398,246 (C) 13,169,239 (C) 1,868,659 (C)
% and swing 49.6% (C) Decrease2.6pp 35.7% (C) Increase1.0pp 5.0% (C) Decrease3.6pp

Results of the single-member constituencies in the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right).

Prime Minister before election

Giuliano Amato
The Olive Tree

Prime Minister after the election

Silvio Berlusconi
House of Freedoms

The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi, defeating Francesco Rutelli, former mayor of Rome, and leader of the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree, and rising back to power after Berlusconi's first victory in the 1994 Italian general election.
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